Despite having an open date and not playing this past Saturday, Tennessee football finally moved up from its previous spot at No. 15 in the Coaches Poll. The Vols were slotted in that position on Sept. 7 and have stayed there since.
Now, due to plenty of upsets across college football, Tennessee has been pushed up to No. 12 in the country. This is good for No. 7 in the SEC behind Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia and LSU.
Topping the poll is Ohio State after a strong win over Minnesota. Rounding out the top five are Oregon, Miami, Ole Miss and Texas A&M.
The Vols jumped Texas, Iowa State and Penn State in the rankings. No team jumped UT this week.
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Arkansas, the Vols’ next opponent on their schedule, is unranked after a tough start to the season. After getting blown out by Notre Dame last week, the Razorbacks fired Sam Pittman and appointed Bobby Petrino as the interim head coach. With Arkansas also having an open date this past weekend, Tennessee will be Petrino’s first test in his new position.
As of Sunday morning, FanDuel has Tennessee as a 13.5-point favorite in the game. So far, bettors like the Vols’ odds, as well. 87% of the money has come in on UT covering, and 86% of the bets are on Tennessee.
Tennessee sits at -530 on the moneyline, as well. You can get Arkansas at +390. The over/under point total for the game is set at 69.5 combined points. The Vols have gone over in all five games, and the Razorbacks have in four of five.
FanDuel also continued to update some odds looking at the season as a whole. To win the national title, Tennessee is at +3500, the 14th-best odds in the nation. To simply make the playoffs again, the Vols are at +245 for yes and -320 for no.
Looking at winning the SEC, Tennessee sits at +2500, ninth-best in the conference. The Vols are behind Alabama, Ole Miss, Georgia, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri and LSU in that order.
